About Co-ops

Cooperatives are enterprises that put people at the center of their business.

Cooperatives are business enterprises and thus can be defined in terms of three basic interests:

ownership

control

beneficiary

Only in the cooperative enterprise are all three interests vested directly in the hands of the user.

Cooperatives put people at the heart of their business. They follow a broader set of values. Because cooperatives are owned and democratically-controlled by their members, the decisions taken by cooperatives balance the need for profitability with the needs of their members and the wider interests of the community.